EUROPEAN BRONZE SWORD OR DAGGER

EUROPEAN BRONZE SWORD OR DAGGER

Hilt decorated with incised dots, separate cross-piece having upward curled corners and pin on top for now missing inlaid part of bone or wood; blade with central rib.

Ex Drouot, Paris 1970s
H. 40,7 cm. Brown patina. Mounted on bronze stand.

Probably Hallstatt or La Tène period, 8th -7th cent. BC